I haven’t posted on my blog site for awhile, so this is what I’ve been up to: My subject matter (orchids) for this work have already died! However, I was able to render enough information from the still life to get the basic composition transferred onto my panel. This painting is actually a sequel to another work done in 2009. I’m trying to “recapture” that magic I guess. I really think this process of my paintings are so interesting, the blocking and underpainting stages, almost, like a diary. People have suggested to me many times just to leave it done in my browns, I’ll probably do that some day, but I feel as though I would be lying to myself because then the work to me would be unfinished, and besides, I’m not trying to paint like Mark Tansey (a painter who I do admire and paints monochromatically). More images will be posted as this painting progresses.